Timing on Thursday’s storms:
If you have to get out and about today, the morning hours will be better with just some scattered showers but turning much stormier as the day goes on.
There is a lot of spin to the atmosphere today with the center of the low-pressure storm digging into Texas. This has prompted the Storm Prediction Center to upgrade our severe weather threat to a 3 out of 5. That’s fairly significant for a late December day, so be ready for strong to severe storms through early evening.
Along with a stronger jet stream, any storm that can pop can have some spin to it, and we may see an isolated tornado warning or two. Otherwise, storms will bring heavy downpours, lightning and even some hail.
Thankfully, this should be a fast-moving system so by this evening, most of the storms will have moved east into Louisiana. We’ll stay mostly dry on Friday before another system will bring in some rain but nothing severe for Saturday.
